Missouri’s net farm income is projected to drop 18% this year to $3.6 billion, according to the Spring 2024 Missouri Farm Income Outlook. Scott Brown, interim director of the University of Missouri’s Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center told Missourinet that...
Missouri’s drought alert has been extended to September 1. The executive order signed by Gov. Mike Parson directs continued coordination of state resources and combined response efforts until conditions improve in drought-impacted areas. Zach Leasor, state...
Missouri is approaching its third straight year of dry conditions. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Drought Monitor, 96% of the state is dry. State climatologist Zach Leasor told Missourinet that the state is behind on moisture, which could affect the...
Amidst Missouri’s drought conditions, ag producers are being invited to fill up for their fall and winter livestock forage needs on Saturday with a hay auction. Southwest Missouri’s Golden City hay dealer, Bill Garrett, who owns Garrett Hay Farm, started the auction....
It’s been a difficult 2023 with drought affecting nearly every sector of Missouri’s agriculture industry. As for some of Missouri’s Christmas tree farms, they, too, are struggling. Troy Bollinger with Bollinger Farms in Bonne Terre said it has been a rough year. “It...
